Senior Mainframe Project Manager

CDA, LLC
United States
27 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
7 years minimum
Compensation
$160,000.0 - $200,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Agile Methodology Program Optimization Disaster Recovery Mainframes

Job description

  • Lead delivery of mainframe infrastructure, modernization, migration, resiliency, and technology refresh initiatives
  • Manage project scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, governance, and deliverables
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams and vendors to drive successful project outcomes
  • Provide executive reporting, stakeholder communications, issue resolution, and strategic guidance
  • Ensure compliance with PMO standards, change management processes, and delivery commitments

Requirements

We are seeking a Senior Mainframe Project Manager to lead large-scale mainframe infrastructure, engineering, modernization, and resiliency initiatives. The ideal candidate combines strong project leadership with mainframe expertise and a proven track record managing complex enterprise programs, cross-functional teams, executive stakeholders, and vendors., * 10+ years of IT Project and/or Program Management experience

  • 7+ years managing Mainframe Infrastructure or Mainframe Engineering projects
  • PMP, PgMP, or equivalent project management certification
  • Proven success leading large-scale enterprise technology initiatives
  • Experience managing complex projects involving multiple technical teams, stakeholders, budgets, timelines, and delivery commitments
  • Experience supporting highly available, mission-critical production environments

Mainframe Expertise

  • IBM zSystems and z/OS infrastructure
  • Mainframe engineering, operations, and infrastructure lifecycle management
  • Mainframe modernization, hardware/software upgrades, and technology transformation initiatives
  • Capacity planning, performance management, and platform optimization
  • Disaster recovery, business continuity, and resiliency programs
  • Automation, platform engineering, and operational efficiency initiatives

Leadership & Project Management Skills

  • Executive stakeholder, vendor, financial, resource, risk, and issue management
  • Project and program governance across complex enterprise initiatives
  • Expertise in Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid delivery methodologies
  • Exceptional leadership, communication, presentation, and relationship management skills

Benefits & conditions

3.83.8 out of 5 stars United States Remote $160,000 - $200,000 a year - Full-time, * Experience supporting multiple clients, business units, or enterprise environments within consulting, Fortune 500, financial services, healthcare, insurance, or government organizations

  • Experience leading geographically distributed teams and managing complex mainframe initiatives, including storage, migrations, replication, resiliency, GDPS, Parallel Sysplex, disaster recovery, and high availability programs

Pay: $160,000.00 - $200,000.00 per year

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